Jack Ingram, right, is congratulated by a guest after being named to the next class of inductees during an announcement at the NASCAR Hall of Fame of Wednesday.

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Bob Berghaus

More than three years ago, Jack Ingram was asked by the NASCAR Hall of Fame to build a replica of his 1980 Pontiac Grand Am to be part of an exhibit when the facility opened in 2010.

On Wednesday the driver of that car, a man who won 10 track titles in three states and five national racing titles during a career than spanned six decades, was voted into NASCAR's fifth Hall of Fame class.

The 76-year-old Ingram, who won three national Late Model Sportsman titles and was a two-time points champion in the Busch (now Nationwide) Series, will enter a shrine that includes Richard Petty, Junior Johnson, David ...